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INSCRIPTION ON BRONZE TABLET, 

Set into the Boulder on Little Round Top, 
Gettysburg. 



"Led to this spot by his Military Sagacity, on July 
2, 1863, General Gouverneur Kemble Warren, then Chief 
Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, detected Gen. 
Hood's flanking movement, and by promptly assuming 
the responsibility of ordering troops to this place, saved 

THE key of the UnION POSITION. 

Promoted for gallant services from the command 
OF A Regiment in 1861, through successive grades, to the 
command of the Second Army Corps in 1863, and perma- 
nently assigned to that of the Fifth Army Corps in 1S64, 
Major-General Warren needs no Eulogy, His name is 
enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen. 

This Statue is erected under the auspices of the 
Veteran Organization of his old regiment, The Fifth 
New York Volunteers (Duryee Zouaves), in memory of 
their beloved commander." 



K«.x< Yo-^W (n-^in-tfy btU T£g-t| |S(.l-l?t5. 



DEDICATION SERVICES 



AT THE UNVEILING 



BRONZE STATUE 



Maj.-Gen. G. K. Warren, 



LITTLE ROUND TOP, 



GETTYSBURG. PA., 



AUGUST 8, i88S. 






PRESS OF 
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE BOOK PRINTING DEPARTMENT. 






INTRODUCTORY 



And never may they rest unsung, 
While Liberty can find a tongue ; 
Let gratitude twine wreaths for them 
More deathless than the diadem, 

Who to life's noblest end 
Gave up life's noblest powers, 

And bade the legacy descend 
Down, down to us and ours. 

In March, 1885, a committee was organized, of which 
Gen. Alexander S. Webb was Chairman, to raise a 
fund for the purpose of erecting a monument at Cold 
Spring, N. Y., to the memory of Major-General Gouver- 
neur Kemble Warren. 

In September, 1886, it was decided to transfer the 
funds and documents to a committee of the Fifth 
New York Volunteers Veteran Association, Duryee 
Zouaves, of which regiment Gen. Warren was commis- 
sioned Colonel September 7th, 1861, to rank from 
August 31st, 1861. 

The intention of tliis committee was to erect a 
monument over tlie grave of Gen. Warren at New- 
port, R. I., but a suitable sarcophagus already placed 
there by private contribution, determined the commit- 
tee to erect a bronze statue of their old commander on 



Little Round Top, Gettysburg. Subscriptions were 
solicited and received from all parts of the country, 
principally from those who served in the 2d and 5th 
Army Corps, and those who were known as friends 
and admirers of Gen. Warren. 

After two years of earnest labor on the part of our 
committee we succeeded in obtaining the amount 
necessary to accomplish the object. 

August 8th, 1888, the anniversary of Gen. Warren's 
death, saw this beautiful and artistic memorial unveiled 
with appropriate exercises, in the presence of his old 
comrades in arms, the family and relatives of the Gen- 
eral, and a large number of friends and citizens of 
Gettysburg. 

To Mr. Charles W. Canfield, of the New England 
Monument Company, to whom the contract was 
awarded, is due the conception of the idea of placing 
a statue on a large boulder as a natural pedestal, the 
plinth being sunk in the rock, thus showing the exact 
position of Gen. Warren as he stood when looking 
over the field, July 2d, 1863. 

This statue in bronze was considered preferable to 
any granite or marble pile we might erect, as there is 
a meaning in it and its situation, which would not 
exist in any other style of monument placed else- 
where, 

COMMITTEE. 



COMMITTEE. 



GEN. HIRAM DURYEA, 

CHAIRMAN. 

GEN. FRED. T. LOCKE, 
A. A. Gen. 5th Army Corps. 



Geo. \V. Campbell, Jr., 

1st Vice-Chairman. 



Augustus Meyers, 

2d Vice-Chairman. 



Col. A. S. Marvin, 

Treasurer. 



Benj. F. Finley, 

Secretary. 



Capt. James McConnell, 
RoiiERT W. Strachan. 
Edward Whiteside, 
Wm. H. Vredenburgh, 
William H. Hf)RTON, 
Edward M. Tapten, 



Lieut. Philip L. Wilson, 
J. C. L. Hamilton, 
C. V. G. Forijes, 
Victor D. Mahoney, 
James W. Webb, 
Abram Horton, 



Will D. Saphar. 



JAMES B. FISKE, 
President of Veteran Association, 5th N. V. Vols. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



I. MUSIC — ..... Gettysburg Band 



2. PRAYER — .... Rev. I. M. Foster 

of New Haven, Conn. (146th N. Y. Volunteer Infantry.) 



3. UNVEILING OF STATUE. 

V>y the Son and Daughter of General Warren. 



4. MUSIC ..... Gettysburg Band 



5. TRANSFER OF STATUE— 

To the Gettysburg Battlefield Memoiial Assoeiation. 

James B. Fiske, Pres. of the 5th N. Y. Volunteers Veteran 
Association (Duryee Zouaves). 



6. RECEPTION OF STATUE— - Hon. Samuel McC. Swope 
Burgess of Gettysburg. 

On behalf of Gettysburg Battlefield Memoiial Association. 

■'. MUSIC ..... Gettysburg Band 



8. POEM — ..... Major Andrew Coats 
5th N. Y. Volunteers Veteran Association (Duryee Zouaves;. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



9. ORATION— . . Rev. C. F. Hull, of Rahway, N. J. 

5th N. Y. X'oluiUeer Infantry (Duryee Zouaves^. 

10. MUSIC — "America." 

To be sung by the assembiage. 

My country, 'tis of thee. 
Sweet land of liberty. 

Of thee I sing; 
Land where my fathers died. 
Land of the Pilgrims' pride, 
From every mountain side 

Let freedom ring ! 

My native country, thee, 
Land of the noble free. 

Thy name I love ; 
I love thy rocks and rills, 
Thy woods and templed hills. 
My heart with rapture thrills, 

Like that above. 

Our fathers' God, to Thee, 
Author of liberty. 

To Thee we sing ; 
Long may our land be bright. 
With freedom's holy light. 
Protect us by Thy might, 

Great God, our King ! 

II. BENEDICTION— . Rev. I. M. Foster, of New Haven, Conn. 

(146th N. V. Volunteer Infantry.) 



P R AY E R 

BY 

Rev. 1. M. FOSTER 



Almighty God, Thou art our father, and in Thee 
is our hfe. 

From Thy hand cometh every good and perfect gift, 
and Thy mercies are over ah Thy creatures. 

We give Thee thanks for the mercies that have 
guided us in all the past, and for the goodness 
which has brought us to this hour. 

We thank Thee to-day for our Nation's history, 
and rejoice that when war was upon us, Thou didst 
bring victory to the truth and right. 

We would not forget that the victory won upon 
this battlefield was not only in defence of the power 
of the government, but in the interest of humanity 
everywhere. 

And we rejoice, O God, that out of the struggle 
here, Thou didst bring light and hope to the oppressed 
of every land. 

And as the memories of the past flow in upon 
us to-day, may we renew our devotions to the truth 



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that was here exalted by the valor of the Nation's 
defenders. 

May Thy special blessing rest upon the family of 
him whose name to-day we honor. 

May they, the beloved of his heart, find in Thee 
protection and safety ever and always. 

Give us all Thy grace. Help us all to emulate 
the virtues of our old Commander; and to remember 
tiiat though the browse shall decay, as the years are 
told, the truth he loved, and the graces that char- 
acterized his life shall shine as the stars forever. 
Guide us all in the truth. And when the battle of 
life is fought, bring us to the victor's palm, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



ADDRESS 

OF 

JAMES B. FISKE, 

President ok the sth N. Y. Volunteers Veteran Association. 



Honored Sir and Gentlemen of the Gettysburg 
Battlefield Memorial Association : — With feelings 
of awe and witli memories of the relentless war 
of the_ Rebellion passing quickly through our 
minds, we are here to-day to perform a duty 
that is both sad and pleasant. Sad ! because 
we regret the absence from life of him whose 
memory we this day seek to perpetuate. Pleasant, 
from the fact that it has, and very properly, 
fallen to our lot as survivors of the F"ifth New 
York Volunteers to offer here for dedication this 
tribute to the spotless name and memory of 
Gouverneur K. Warren. 

To you, gentlemen, who have passed through 
the furnace of war, our pilgrimage hither will 
be no source of wonderment. You fully under- 
stand the promptings of love born of patriot- 
ism, nursed by trials and dangers and matured 
by the fire of battle. 



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We come as members of one family, and 
Warren was our brother. 

We served with him through all the periods 
of privation and hardship encountered by his 
command from 1861 until 1865. We are liv- 
incr witnesses of his devotion to the Union 
cause, and we can testify to his cool and in- 
trepid bravery under many trying circumstances. 

Gaines' Mills, Second Bull Run, Chancellors- 
ville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Peters- 
burcr, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run and Five 
Forks are a few of the many fields on which we 
were led by Warren, and on which he gained 
imperishable glory and renown. 

Our regiment, under his able management, 
reached a proficiency in discipline and drill, and 
demonstrated fighting qualities unexcelled by that 
of any regiment in the United States service 
during the War of the Rebellion. 

We admired his zeal and ability, 

We gloried in his bravery, and 

We loved him for his patriotism and loyalty 
to our flag and country. 



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It is said " he needs no eulogy." Can it not 
with equal truth be said " he needs no monu- 
ment ?" 

If we had not listened to the patriotic impulses 
of our hearts and had never given this memorial 
a thought, what then ? Could it not be said to 
those who come in after years: " If ye seek his 
monument, look around!" These grand old hills 
" Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun ; " the vale 
below, wherein was felt the shock of battle, and 
all the country circling round are one vast, ever- 
lasting monument to the name and fame of 
Warren. 

But, honored sir, would we be satisfied to take 
our departure to " that Home not made with hands," 
without leaving behind us some testimonial of his 
worth } I think not. 

Who, then, could attend to this work more 
appropriately than those with whom he faced the 
summer's scorching sun, the winter's fiercest blast, 
the hardships, fatigues and dangers of a soldier's 
life. 

It would consume too much of time to enter 
into all the details of this movement. It is suf- 



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ficient to say that about two years ago the Vet- 
eran Association of the Fifth New York Vohuiteer 
Infantry, Duryee Zouaves, at one of its regular 
meetings determined to erect a monument to the 
memory of their old commander, Gen. Gouver- 
neur Kemble Warren. Our own members con- 
tributed liberall}', but were not financially able to 
do the work unaided. We, therefore, through the 
aid of the press, and through the medium of 
printed circulars, appealed to the public, more par- 
ticularly to that portion whose knowledge of the 
General was trained through service with him in 
the army. 

Subscriptions came slowly for a time, but many 
words of cheer and encouragement were received 
which buoyed our spirits, and at last we began 
to see the dawn of success. From East and West, 
from North and South, came messages filled with 
gems of historic truth and praise of Warren. 

We shall ever remember with exceeding pleas- 
ure and gratitude the kindly co-operation of 
friends in Baltimore ; and when our mental 
vision takes an easterly view we see as if by mag- 
ic, seated tranquilly in Narragansett Bay, within 



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hearing of the melancholy sound of old ocean's 
surge and roar, and defended by that grim old 
citadel, F"ort Adams, Newport ! the beautiful city 
by the sea. We, in thought, are led to its suburbs, 
to its place of graves ; we stand in silent contem- 
plation around the tomb of our beloved com- 
mander, and our hearts are filled with gratitude 
and our pulses beat livelier when we remember 
the generous hospitality of the friends in New- 
port, and their sturdy efforts to assist us, and to 
which we in a great measure attribute our suc- 
cess. They and all others who aided us have 
our heartiest thanks. 

And now the memorial is here ; upon the rock 
on which it stands the immortal Warren stood, 
and by his quick forethought, his acuteness of 
perception, thwarted the enemy in movements, 
which if successful would have brought disaster 
to our arms and incalculable injury to the 
nation. 

Through you, sir, we desire to extend to the 
gentlemen composing the Gettysburg Battlefield 
Memorial Association our warmest thanks for the 
setting apart of this historic spot for the erec- 



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tion of this statue and for the other courtesies 
extended us through our committee. 

We desire also on this august occasion to con- 
gratulate the sculptor, Mr. Karl Gerhardt, under 
whose careful study and manipulation this beau- 
tiful creation came into existence. With won- 
derful power he has delineated in bronze the 
likeness and character of our idol, and has given 
a valuable contribution of art to this glorious battle- 
field. Nor should we forget with what care and 
nicety the work of the founder was performed. 
We feel that we are indebted to the Henry Bon- 
nard Bronze Co. in no small degree for furnishing 
so beautiful a duplicate of the sculptor's handi- 
work, without which all were in vain. 

And now, sir, in the name and on behalf of 
the Veteran Association of the Fifth New York 
Volunteer Infantry, Duryee Zouaves, permit me 
to present to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memo- 
rial Association, through you, this statue of our 
beloved commander, Major-General Gouverneur 
K. Warren ; a few of us who followed where he 
led, are here to-day to do honor to his memory ; 
but a little while and we, too, shall have gone the 



way of all men. Our mother earth, always friendly 
to the human race, will receive us and piously cover 
our remains with her bosom, while we go into 
the realm of oblivion, but amid the ravages of 
time will stand this statue of the savior of Get- 
tysburg. His deeds will be an incentive to the 
most lofty patriotism, and thousands who are yet 
unborn will do him homage. 



ADDRESS 

OF 

Hon. SAMUEL McC. SWOPE, 

Bur(.;ess of Gettysburg. 

On behalf of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association on receiv- 
ing into their custody the Bronze Statue of General 
Gouverneur K. Warren, 

Mr. President, Veterans of tJie Fifth Neiv York 
Infantry, Warrens Old Connnand, Ladies and 
Gentlemen : — To-day is the first opportunity we 
have had of seeing this, your beautiful and impos- 
ing- labor of love, and after having looked at it 
and admired it, as we all have, our hearts have 
been filled with one thought, and it thrills to 
my lips now for utterance ; they are words of 
congratulation. We feel like saying to one and 
all of you, Well done ! Well done ! Well done ! 

The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Associa- 
tion, into whose care you are now transferring 
this beautiful statue, was organized for the purpose 



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of preserving intact, as far as possible, the land- 
marks of this great battlefield. It was incorpor- 
ated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 
1864, and since that time has done a good and 
effective work. Massachusetts was the first to 
erect her memorials here. Following in her wake 
came similar action on the part of all the loyal 
States whose sons fought here, until to-day the 
story of the Battle of Gettysburg is written over 
these hills in such enduring letters of granite and 
of bronze that we may safely hope its great les- 
sons will never be forgotten. 

Many and beautiful are the memorials here 
erected, as you will discover when you have made 
the full circuit of the field. 

But, Veterans of the Fifth New York, we can 
assure you that no memorial here erected will 
receive from us more willing and s)'mpathetic care 
than this of yours, and we believe there is no stone 
upon this field, before which the intelligent tourist 
will longer pause, look, wonder, admire and love 
than he will before this grand statue of the great 
and noble Warren, your loved commander. 

When a man devotes the enertries of his life to 

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the service of his country, and he dies in honorable 
battle, or in time of peace with honors crowding 
thick upon him, the measure of that man's hope is 
full. 

But when a man lays the energies of a cultivated 
life upon the altar of his country, and after having 
done long and yeoman service in its defence, is at 
last misunderstood, cruelly and harshly rebuked, 
and the great cloud is left hanging over his heroic 
soul, until his sensitive nature shrinks under it, 
and with a crushed and bleeding heart he dies, 
I tell you, Mr. President, it is around the memory 
of a martyred hero such as this, that the great 
heart of a great people will entwine with a ten- 
derness that is touchincr and with a love that 
will see to it that the great wrong is righted. 

Major-General Gouverneur K. Warren, as Chief 
of Engineers in this fight, was always on hand. 
He was quick to see and prompt to act, and the 
assistance and service he here rendered the Union 
arms is beyond all calculation. We had the ben- 
efit of his fine intelligence, his great earnestness, 
his quick perception, his unquestioned loyalty, his 
ability to make dispositions under difficulties, his 



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willingness to assume personal responsibilities 
when the occasion demanded, and we won the 
day. What would have been the result had War- 
ren not been here ? God only knows. 

The Battle of Gettysburg was lost to Lee 
when the sun went clown upon this field on the 
evening- of the 2d of July, When they failed 
in their attack upon Gulp's Hill ; when they failed 
in their assault upon Cemetery Hill, after Sickles, 
in his advanceci position, had so severely crippled 
Longstreet, and when they failed to flank our 
left and secure these hills, the victory was ours, 
although the fight was not yet over. 

The quick military eye of General Warren at 
once discerned the importance of this height, and 
he hastened to it. Sickles was engaged with Long- 
street at the Peach Orchard, through the wheat 
field and along the left and our line from here to 
Cemetery Hill was immediately before him. This 
position he considered beyond all question as the 
very key to this part of the fight. With it in our 
possession our left was safe ; with it in the pos- 
session of the enemy our line was not tenable for 
a moment. He not only saw the importance of 



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the position, but stand in^,^ on the very rock which 
now supports his Hving; hkeness, his eagle eye 
discovered a column of troops which afterwards 
proved to be Law's Alabama Brigade of Hood's 
Division of Longstreet's Corps moving around with 
the evident intention of flanking our left and 
securing these unprotected hills. What a moment 
of peril for the Union was that! No Gravelly 
run with swollen waters is here to prevent him 
now, but, as quickly as his willing steed could 
carry him, he hastens to Meade's headquarters 
to acquaint him with the importance of this 
position and the necessity of sending men to 
defend it. On his way he meets the Fifth Corps, 
which had been sent from the right to relieve 
Sickles. Here are men now, and there is the 
important position in danger. General Warren 
hesitates not a moment, but assumes the personal 
responsibility of detaching Vincent's brigade, 
Barnes's division of his corps, for defence of this 
hill, and then reports to Meade what he had done. 
The troops arrived here at the very nick of time ; 
they are almost at once attacked by Law's Ala- 
bama brigade. Law's brigade is reinforced by 



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Robertson's Texas brigade. Vincent is reinforced 
by Weed's brigade of Ayres's division of the Fifth 
Corps, and here was fought a stubborn and deadly 
battle for the possession of these heights. A 
portion of our line was engaged in a hand-to-hand 
conflict with the enemy, but at last they were 
driven back awa}' from the ravine, away from 
Big Round Top, and these important and com- 
manding positions were ours. In that fight for 
their possession Vincent was mortally wounded. 
Weed fell, Hazlitt was slain, the gallant Col. 
O'Rorke of the 140th N. Y. gave up his life ; 
many a gallant son of America here bit the dust, 
but the hills were ours. The very key to this 
position of the battle was in the hands of War- 
ren, and, as I said, when they failed in their at- 
tacks upon Cemetery and Culp's Hill after Sickles 
had so seriously crippled Longstreet ; when they 
failed to turn our left and secure this height, the 
victory was ours, although the battle was not yet 
over. 

Lee came here for a great purpose, and while he 
knew as well as any man now living how he had 
failed in all his efforts on the second, yet it was 



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like wrenchin^^ the heart from his ij^reat breast to 
ask him to turn his back upon the Army of the 
Potomac, to recross the mountain, go over the 
river and back again into the barren fields of the 
war-worn Virginia without accomplishing some- 
thing, to return in retreat over the very course 
he so lately marched with confident but presump- 
tuous hopes, and on the third day of the battle, the 
brave and ever memorable charge of Pickett 
against our left centre is explained in the same 
way, and was made for the same reason that the 
losing gambler, in the hope of retrieving his loss, 
will stake his all upon the hazard of a call. 

When the third day came, during that fearful 
cannonading that preceded Pickett's charge, where 
was Warren ? On this hill again, with a patriotic 
heart and a military eye taking close scrutiny of 
every phase of that great duel. 

He soon discovered that the enemy intended 
something beyond the injur)- they hoped to do us 
by their artillery fire. He quickly concluded that 
it was their purpose to demoralize us in that way, 
if possible, and at the proper time, under cover 
of the smoke, to advance a charirincr column of 
infantry. 



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He at once reported to Meade his impressions, 
suggesting the propriety of reserving our ammu- 
nition, and putting ourselves in readiness to 
receive a charge. This suo-orestion of Warren's to 
Meade had not yet been communicated to General 
Hunt, Chief of Artillery, when he, anticipating 
the same result, had already given the same 
order. 

In a short while, emers^ino- from that dreadful 
smoke and charcrino- over those level fields of 
death, as Americans only can charge, was seen 
advancincr the last combined crreat effort of the 
rebellion here. But instead of meeting silenced 
guns they met guns filled to the breech with 
grape and canister, ready to pour into their faces 
the very fire of hell, and instead of meeting 
demoralized infantry, they met men, as they had 
met them on the first day, as they had met them 
at Gulp's Hill, at Gemetery Hill, with Sickles, 
when fighting for this hill, and on all positions 
of this field, men who knew where they were 
fighting, and who had resolved at Gettysburg to 
conquer or there to die. 

You know the result ; those who were left of 



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them went back, and when the sun went down 
upon this field on the evening of the third day 
of July, 1863, the victory was not only won, but 
the greatest battle of the ages was over. 

And now, in conclusion, let me say to one and 
to all of you again, Well done ! Well done in 
the thought that conceived the propriety of this 
erection. There was a Providence and an inspi- 
ration in it. 

Well done in the choice of location, in the base 
you have chosen, upon which the loved figure 
rests, and in the character of the memorial. 

There he stands, the great and noble War- 
ren, as brave, as inspiring, and as effective for 
good, here battling for his nation's life, as was 
his great ancestor at Bunker Hill, fighting for 
its independence. 

There he stands alone, where no other man 
upon earth has a right to stand, crowning the 
crreat sicrnal rock of this battle that his genius 
has made imn-iortal. That old boulder will sup- 
port him until the "wreck of matter and the 
crush of worlds," and long after the severity of 
Five Forks shall have been forgotten, there he 



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will continue to stand, loved and admired by all 
as one of the ablest, one of the bravest, one of 
the most intelligent, and one of the most unsel- 
fishly patriotic soldiers this country ever pro- 
duced. 

Mr. President, Veterans of the Fifth New 
York and widows and orphans of a nation's love, 
we promise you to guard this statue with a ten- 
der and continued care. 



PO E M. 

Lines written by Major Andrew Coats, U. S. 
Vols., late of Co. E., 5th N. Y. Volunteer In- 
fantry, Duryee's Zouaves, and read by him at the 
Dedication of the Bronze Statue of Gen. G. K. 
Warren at Little Round Top, Gettysburcr, Pa., 
August 8th, 1888. 

Kind friends of Warren, you who loved him well, 
Why call on me, to break the calm sweet spell 

Which silence gives.? 
To thoughtful minds, to soldiers true, 
Along these hills, stretch lines of blue, 

And Warren lives. 
With loyal heart, and soldier's skill. 
He notes the vantage of this hill, 

Then longs for aid: 
One passing thought o'erclouds his brow: 
Where ! where alas ! those veterans now ? 

His old brigade. 
But there's no time for vain regret. 
The foe will come, and must be met, 

Whate'er the cost. 
His well-trained eye is quick to see, 
That this small hill, once gained by Lee, 

The field is lost. 



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So rein to bit, and spur to side, 

Fast down that slope, you see him ride 

In search of men. 

Hope spurs him on, for at a glance 
He sees a few tired troops advance 

From out the glen. 

I say a few, yes ! all too few, 

But brave and loyal, good and true, 

And men of fate 
To thus meet Warren, then and there. 
Without a moment's time to spare. 

Or all too late. 

In voice with pent emotion thick. 

He cries out, "Forward! double quick. 

And do not stop." 
"Colonel! advance your whole command, 
" And do not halt them, till they stand 

On that round top." 

The brave O'Rorke stops not to ask, 
The reason for such hurried task. 

But, out of breath, 
Leads quickly on his soldiers brave: 
This pinnacle of fame to save 

And reaches — death. 
While Warren, past the panting men, 
Spurs on his steed, till once again 

The view is clear. 
" Thank God ! " he cries, and well he may, 
For there they come, the men in gray. 

But ours are here. 



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The foemen charge, with glittering steel, 
But backward soon you see them reel. 

Through leaden showers. 
Our Warren was the first to see 
That on this Top hung victory's key, 

And made it ours. 

* * * 

Such is the story, all too poorly told. 
But days will come, as time grows old, 

When brush and pen, 
In skillful hands, shall paint this tale. 
And Warren's name, over hill and dale, 

Shall ring again. 

* * * 

The old Bay State has marked, and marked it well, 
A sacred spot where "rebel" Warren fell; 
He, like our own dear Warren, a patriot brave, 
But happier far, he found a soldier's grave. 
While our loved hero, through the battle's strife, 
Had harder task than yielding up his life. 
He led the vanguard, at war's first rude blast. 
Fought in the first fight, and nobly won the last. 
And so grim fate, to each a task thus gives, 
One for his country dies, another for it— lives. 
To-day we come to mark, in loving mood, 
Not where our Warren fell, but where he stood. 
And where he always stood— and will forever stand- 
in the front rank of heroes, of our land. 
This spot shall be the shrine, in coming years. 
Of joy and glory— not regrets, or tears, 
For pilgrim patriots shall seek this holy rood 
And point with pride, to where our Warren stood. 



A. C. 



ORATION 

OF 

Rev. C. F. HULL. 



Mr. President, and Comrades of the Neiv York 
Vohmteers Veteran Association, Ladies and Gentle- 
men : — We meet to-day to commemorate an event, 
and to dedicate a monument. As the survivors of 
an army that fought vahantly for a cause, as noble 
in purpose as it is deathless in principle, we 
gather on this historic field to renew the friend- 
ships of former years, to revive the memories 
of those stirring- days, and to offer our meed of 
affection and eulogy to the memory of our la- 
mented and honored dead. 

It is proper that those who have made history, 
should meet upon the spot where history was 
made. The printed page is punctuated to give 
sense to sentences, and to make emphatic each 
climax in the narrative. So the unlettered but 
all-luminous page that lies outspread before us 
has its punctuation-marks in battle monuments. 



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Each memorial-column, and cenotaph, on this 
battlefield of fame, marks a paragraph of heroism, 
endurance, and daring in the story of Gettysburg. 

Where all were brave, it is hard to think that 
some must lie unhonored among the dead. The 
undiscovered heroes who fell upon this field, and 
whose fame will be unsung, are worthy of a 
thought of reverence from those who saw them 
fall ; and, while we gather at this monument of 
our illustrious chief to do him honor, let us lay 
one fiower of eulogy upon the graves of those 
who fought so nobly, and who died — "unknown." 

It is passing strange that mortuary honors are 
often the first that men receive from their neigh- 
bors. The man who moves unrecotrnized amono- 
the level crowd, will one day be esteemed a hero 
for his deeds ; and when the hand we never 
touched in life has crumbled into grave-dust, 
we twine the laurel leaf, and crown a name. 

Grave-glories are not like morning-glories. 
The latter wither while the sun is at the zenith ; 
the former blossom when the sun of life is set. 
So he who suns himself beneath the favor of 
the passing hour, may be forgotten by the 

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changing crowd ; but his the lasting honor and 
the fame, whose deeds and praise Hve after he 
is dead. May the memory of these heroes in- 
spire within our breasts a love for liberty and 
country, that shall remain a noble ideal for our 
children when we, too, have passed away. And 
when they gather at these graves, In coming 
years, may they remember that those who fell 
fought not for glory, but for principle. 

Among the treasures brought from Cyprus is 
an intaglio head, engraved on amethyst. Every 
line is executed in delicate detail ; but though 
the hand that graved it has crumbled in the 
dust for ages, the perfect features in the stone 
remain to tell the story of the unknown artist's 
skill. Yet more enduring than amethyst is prin- 
ciple. Precious stones may perish, but an idea 
will live. The soldiers who lie buried here, and 
those who fell on other fields, fouo-ht for an idea, 
and left a legacy which will outlast both bronze 
and sculptured stone. Let us resolve that what- 
ever is true in the ideal for which they fought 
shall live in the government they died to sustain. 

As we assemble here to-day, some one may 



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ask : " Was there need of such a sacrifice of Hfe 
and all these wasted years of reconstruction since 
the war?" But have these years been wasted? 
Has this cemetery been peopled with the dead 
in vain ? The lessons of experience are not too 
costly if they are learned. We cannot hurry 
Providence. The momentum of events is meas- 
ured by their maj^nitude. Time moves with 
measured tread, unheeding our impatience. It 
has taken more than two decades to readjust 
the movement of our national life along the line 
of human progress. 

History pauses to correct its earlier mistakes ere 
it fills up its later pages. A quarter century has 
not yet sufficed to reveal the full meaning of that 
four years' struggle. The great events presaged, 
and the grand ideal of national integrity enun- 
ciated, will fill a century with their development. 

If we elance backward to the outbreak of the 
war. we will find the country was in the condition 
to meet some great trial ; to need some strong 
convulsion. Our constitution had been wisely 
framed, but it could not be adjusted to the vary- 
ino- conditions of the age, without a jar in the 



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movement somewhere. The fair structure of our 
Temple of Liberty could not longer be sustained 
on the corner-stone of slavery. The foundations 
were weakening, while above the dome, where 
hung the Flag of Freedom, the air was heavy 
with the sulphurous breath of latent battle rage. 
At lenofth the oratherincr storm broke on the land. 
The pen had done its work. Embittered passions 
had refused to yield, and statesmanship had faulted. 
It was time the sword, unsheathed, should 
pierce the cloud, and let the lightnings loose, to 
clear the air from fratricidal hate, and doubt, and 
discontent. Then came the sitjnal i^un at Sum- 
ter ; and then came the hurrying multitudes from 
North and South, to test their issues on the field 
of strife. Thus the war began that made, and un- 
made, history. It lifted into prominence men fitted 
to be leaders, and (jave to obscure localities a 
record as enduring as time. To such a place our 
feet have turned to-day, that we might study at 
this later hour the record of that three days battle- 
field, the turning point of General Lee's success, 
and place among the monuments erected here in 
honor of the dead, the statue of a chief whose 
memory we revere. 



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Among the illustrious soldiers whose valor has 
given renown to each locality on this historic 
field, the name of (Gen.) Warren is closely asso- 
ciated with the glories of Little Round Top. 
Standing here, we can see the angle that indicates 
the "high-water mark of the rebellion" — that 
swelling fiood of Southern victory that dashed 
against the living wall of Union breasts, and, 
beaten back, bore on its refiuent tide the shat- 
tered prestige of the pride and valor of Lee's 
Invincibles. 

But, on the previous day, here Warren stood, 
and checked the advancing march of the invad- 
ino- foe, that threatened to overwhelm the heioht. 
Had he been absent, or less able to meet the 
crisis, the high-water mark of the gray line of 
battle would have missed the " bloody angle," 
and the "clump of trees," and by the way of 
Round Top, and one day earlier, would have 
swept the army of the North from its victorious 
front, and spread its volume of invasion through 
this broad commonwealth. Here it is fitting that 
this monument should stand, and tell to coming 
ages the story of his alertness, and military pre- 



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science ; and, standing here on this the anniver- 
sary of his death, it is well to pause, and dwell a 
moment on the record of his life. 

Goiiverneiir Kemble Warren, the hero of the 
day, and of this eminence, was born at Cold- 
Spring-on-the-Hudson, January 8, 1830. Cradled 
amid the highlands of that storied river, his infant 
ears were daily assailed by the sound of the morn- 
ing and evening gun at West Point, and his boy- 
hood's ardor was aroused by the strains of martial 
music that floated across the stream. Living 
within sight of the Academy, and a frequent vis- 
itor to it, we can imaoine how the associations 
and traditions of that locality would fill the mind 
of the ambitious youth with ardent aspirations 
for a military career. Having passed through 
the schools of his native place, he spent one 
year at a neighboring academy, and then his 
desires were fulfilled, and at the age of sixteen 
he received his cadet appointment, graduating 
July I, 1850, standing second in a class of forty- 
four members. He was at once assigned to the 
corps of Topographical Engineers, in the grade 
of Brevet Second Lieutenant. In this congenial 



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sphere he found ample scope for his investiga- 
tions in different branches of science, and through- 
out life he maintained his fondness for these pur- 
suits as a relaxation from the more arduous 
duties of his profession. 

Time will not permit, neither will the occasion 
justify me in making more than a passing allusion 
to the events of this period of his life. " As an 
assistant to Captain Humphrey, he was engaged 
upon the investigations and surveys of the Missis- 
sippi delta. While employed in these duties he 
compiled a map of the then wilderness lying west 
of the Mississippi, and conducted three separate 
expeditions in Dakota and Nebraska." In the pur- 
suit of these investigations he passed through the 
eastern, southern, and western outskirts of the 
''Black Hills," and was the first explorer of that now 
famous locality. Thus the interval between his 
graduation and his return to West Point as an 
instructor was filled with those active and diver- 
sified duties which made up the eventful life of 
an ofticer of the Engineer Corps on the frontier. 
Nor was the service without peril. The Indian- 
infested forests and the blizzard-swept plains tried 



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both nerve and endurance. " While serving on the 
staff of General Harney he ran the gauntlet of dan- 
ger through the Indian country as the bearer of 
dispatches," and there displayed that courage and 
sagacity which were afterwards conspicuous on 
larger fields of action. By these varied experi- 
ences the young lieutenant was being fitted for 
positions of graver responsibility, and the field of 
more imminent danger, to which his country would 
later call him. Steadily, studiously, faithfully, 
amid the heats of summer and the rigor of winter 
he met each call of duty. With an ambition as 
laudable as it was aspiring, he sought to make 
the most of his opportunities, and to cultivate 
the brilliant natural talents with which he was 
endowed. As among his classmates in the acad- 
emy he easily led the majority, so among his 
associates in the field his abilities were recog- 
nized, and his pre-eminence maintained. 

From the scientific pursuits of a military engi- 
neer, to the position of Assistant Professor of 
Mathematics in the halls of his Alma Mater, was a 
natural transition for one of his acquirements ; and 
there the call to arms found him. The alarm of war 



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that filled the North with the spirit of military 
ardor had awakened a responsive thrill in the 
heart of the youno- professor, and, obtaining- leave 
of absence for that purpose, he accepted the posi- 
tion of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifth New York 
Volunteers, which was early tendered to him. 
This regiment, with which his fame became 
identified, was composed of material above the 
average ; men who had been attracted to the 
organization b)- the prestige of a name famous 
in the annals of the New York State Militia. As 
Soon as organized, it displayed those characteris- 
tics of individuality and excellence, which made 
the name of " Duryee Zouaves" synonymous 
with all that was highest in soldierly attainments. 
Early at the front, it received its first baptism of 
fire at Big Bethel, where Warren revealed those 
traits of coolness and good judgment which were 
conspicuous elements of his nature. The reoiment 
was soon ordered to Baltimore, to suppress the 
turbulence of the Southern sympathizers, and there 
the young Lieutenant-Colonel was called to the 
command, on the promotion of its organizer. To 
the perfection of the regiment, already well drilled 



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in the school of the mihtia, Warren brought the 
thoroughness of the regular army routine. On 
Federal Hill he gave them practical lessons in the 
school of the engineer, and on the adjacent squares 
he drilled them in manual and manoeuvre, until 
they reached that point of excellence which made 
them afterward the pride of the Army of the Po- 
tomac, and obtained for them the distinction of 
being brigaded with General Sykes' Division of 
Regulars, when they were ordered to the Peninsula. 
He knew his men and trusted them, and that trust 
was never abused. Those for whom he did so 
much did much for him, and in the hour of need 
they never failed him. When later he was taken 
from their immediate command, they followed his 
career with affectionate pride, and every honor he 
won was cheered by his old command. What, 
then, more fitting than that to those faithful 
admirers should fall the pleasant service of plac- 
ing this monument in position, and dedicating it 
to his memory ? 

The story of General Warren's advancement is 
the history of the Army of the Potomac. From 
Yorktown to Five Forks, each battle was the 



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field of his achievements, and each disaster 
was mitigated by his skill and energy as a staff 
or general officer. At Hanover Court House 
he commanded a briorade. At Gaines' Mills his 
command lost heavily, and he was wounded. At 
Malvern Hill he repulsed the enemy, and saved 
the remnant of our army. At Manassas, by 
the sacrifice of 249 out of 490 soldiers of his 
own regiment, he covered the withdrawal of the 
corps. At Antietam and Fredericksburg, he was 
ever the same capable, efficient, and daring com- 
mander. At Chancellorsville, on Marye Heights, 
and in the action at Salem, his star was ever 
seen where the storm-clouds of battle raged 
fiercest. On the 8th of June, 1863, he was 
appointed Chief Engineer of the Army of the 
Potomac, and it was while serving in this 
capacity, on the staff of General Meade, that he so 
signally contributed to the repulse of the enemy 
on the 2d of July, and gave occasion for this 
gathering to commemorate the turning-point of 
battle on that fateful day. But for his fore- 
sight and energy, the field of Gettysburg would 
not only be the cemetery of our dead, but, in 



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the words of an able military critic : " It 
might have been the grave of the Union." 

After Gettysburg the arena broadens, and with 
larger command came the opportunity for more 
honorable distinction. Appointed Major-Gen- 
eral of Volunteers, on August 8, he was assigned 
to the temporary command of the Second Corps ; 
and at Bristoe Station he displayed brilliant 
generalship, in holding Hill's two divisions in 
check, until, by a happy manoeuvre, he extricated 
himself from a dangerous situation. At Mine 
Run he had the moral courage to risk the sac- 
rifice of his future prospects, when he saw that 
the assault he was commanded to make could 
only result in the useless slaughter of his men. 

At length, assigned to the permanent com- 
mand of the Fifth Corps, the steady march of 
events bears him on the tide of successful gen- 
eralship and well-earned distinction, until the 
moment of the crowning victory and sorrow of 
his life. It was at the assault on the last line 
of the enemy at Five Forks, when, after fight- 
ing their way through the woods, our troops hav- 
ing halted for a moment, Warren leaped forward. 



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and, seizing the flag of his corps, he led his 
cheering followers to victory. Speaking of this 
act, Swinton says : " The history of the war 
presents no equally splendid illustration of per- 
sonal magnetism." Such, also, is the witness of 
those present, who beheld the gallant leader of 
this glorious charge. But, when the hand was 
lifted in elad exultation to seize so well-won 
and so hard-contested a prize, suddenly it was 
stricken to his side by a blow that, all unfore- 
seen, and undeserved, fell with sudden force, 
and shattered every soldierly aspiration. Too 
proud to murmur at the unequal rewards of 
distinsfuished services, the sword of a hero was 
sheathed at that hour, never to be drawn again. 
The professional employments that filled the 
remainder of his career are recorded in the annals 
of the War Department. Resigning his com- 
mission in the Volunteer Service, at the close 
of the war, he returned to the pleasing duties 
of the Engineer Corps, where his cultivated tastes 
and scholarly accomplishments fitted him for the 
prominent appointments he received. His love 
for his country, and his recognition of its claims, 



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made , him faithful to the varied interests that 
were intrusted to his care. But, while the wrong 
that had been done him ever cried for redress, 
no obligation was slighted, no professional service 
neglected, no just claim unheeded. Although 
faithful to every call of duty, and earning well 
the honors and rewards that still came to him, 
the lofty sense of right that always actuated 
him could not rest under the cloud that shadowed 
his military renown. With that indomitable per- 
sistence that was natural to him, he sought to 
undo the wrong of the past. Thus fifteen years 
were spent in useless sacrifice and heart-wearying 
anxiety, in the vain attempt to make justice 
bandage her eyes with righteousness, and not 
with prejudice. But when the irreversible was 
decreed, the strength of his soul was turned to 
bitter weakness, and he who never shrunk from 
living foe, turned from the prejudiced misjudgments 
of changeable popular favor to one whose faith had 
kept her close to God, when he was standing 
here, so close to death, and whose heart had 
never failed him in those after years of bitter, 
unavailinor struQrorle for the right. And he found 



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other tried and lo)-al friends, who stood unshaken 
in their unyieldini^^ faith and friendship. Out- 
side the circle of these true hearts the then 
misunderstanding crowd might doubt and ques- 
tion, but we who knew the man so well, and 
read his heart so clearly, were never blinded by 
a decision that did not decide, nor swayed by 
the movements of the bending multitude. Here, 
on the spot where he stood when the rising sun 
of prosperous favor was aspiring towards the 
zenith of his fame, we place his monument. 
History attests the justice of the situation. General 
Doubleday says : " This eminence should have 
been the first point held and fortified by us early 
in the day, as it was the key of the field ; but 
no special orders were given concerning it, and 
nothing but Warren's activity and foresight saved 
it from falling into the hands of the enemy." 
Here let him stand in bronze who once stood 
here in life, and with his presence filled a fatal 
gap left in the troops' alignment ; and where his 
energy and ardor met the eager assault of a 
confident enemy, and turned a threatened disas- 
ter into glorious victory. 



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There is an old saying : " It is the unexpected 
that always happens." This is a truism when 
applied to military strategy. All praise to him 
who, when the unexpected comes, is found prepared 
to meet it. God has stationed his sentries on the 
hill-tops of Time to guard the danger-points along 
the line of His developments. Who can doubt 
that Warren was the Sentinel of Providence to 
guard against a surprise which would have been 
disastrous to our army, and fatal to our cause ? If 
he had not stood where in silent semblance he 
now stands, and met the unexpected at this un- 
guarded point, there would have been no third 
day's fight at Gettysburg ; and the story of Pick- 
ett's gallant charge, and its no less heroic repulse, 
would never have made the page of history brighter 
with its record of daring and undoing. 

As we gaze upon these features cast in bronze, 
upon the soldierly form, and the expectant atti- 
tude, we seem to catch the inspiration of the mo- 
ment, and to see, as then he saw, the imminence of 
the crisis. The figure stands alert, aroused, intent, 
as if conscious of a moment of destiny. He has 
cauo-ht the eleamino- of rifle-barrels amid the foli- 



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age of the trees. They reveal the presence of the 
enemy. The aroused instinct of the trained sol- 
dier perceives that Hood is about to sweep down 
upon our left. He takes in at a glance the full 
meaning of the movement. Not that this or that 
corps will be sacrificed, but that the results of 
all the long marches, sieges, and battles of the 
Army of the Potomac would be lost, and the whole 
phase of the war would be changed. That the 
Army of Virginia would become the Army of 
Invasion, and the North would have to fight to 
defend its hearthstones. That the lone withheld 
aid and comfort of alien nations would be extended 
from across the sea. That from the situation of 
an almost vanquished, disheartened and impover- 
ished foe, the Confederacy would stand forth 
as an allied power, with aid unstinted, resources 
unlimited, and a position invulnerable. For an 
instant, with the prescience of a prophet, he 
beholds these possible results of the impend- 
ing movement ; then, with a word of warning to 
the signal man beside him, he turns with head- 
long rush for relief. Can we doubt that in that 
supreme moment of anxiety his heart went out in 



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eager longing for the men of his old command ? 
Is it chance that at this moment the remnant of 
his old regiment is approaching ? As if conscious 
of their loved commander's peril, they were press- 
ing forward anxious to be in the fray, not know- 
ing where they first would feel the enemy ; and as 
Warren, in his hurried quest for help, and they 
with eager response to an unknown guiding, are 
drawing nearer, what joy fills his heart as he sees 
the men he longs for advancing ; and with what a 
shout they recognize the leader they most admire! 
It needs but a word of explanation to their com- 
mander, then comes the struggle for the possession 
of this hill. At last they have found their true di- 
rection. Where Warren leads the way the men 
he trained would never doubt or question, and while 
he turns to bring them aid, they reach the crest 
of the hill, and here, and not one moment too soon, 
they feel the edge of the strife, and the hot flame of 
the battle fans their cheeks. Then followed the 
conflict, as hand-to-hand with Hood's veterans they 
struo-o-le for the prize of Round Top, the " key to 
the whole position of Gettysburg," as it is called 
by the Confederate General E. M. Law, who com- 
manded the attack. 



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Could these stones speak, what stories they 
might tell ! P^'or hours the battle raged where we 
now stand, and rock, and soil alike were wet with 
tears of human blood. Here Vincent fell, and 
Weed, and Hazlitt, and O'Rorke ! What costly 
sacrifices for these wind-swept rocks ! But the 
sacrifices are not too great when estimated in the 
gauge of war. This hill-top was the high-road to 
the North, if Hood had been successful. These 
rocks were priceless that barred his progress. 
Each boulder was a breastwork for a Union sol- 
dier. Each crevice formed a shelter for our men 
to thwart the purpose of the foe, who, all too soon, 
had claimed the prize. Here our brave troops 
held their position hour by hour, and when the 
shadows of the night fell on the scene, and hushed 
the hideous clamor of the fight, they held it still ; 
and held it on the morrow, and held it for this day, 
that here, again assembling where they fought, they 
might once more clasp hands, and in this sculp- 
tured presence speak of him who was the hour's 
man, whose promptitude and generalship made 
victory possible. 

In summing up the character of Gen. Warren 



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we must be brief. It is not well to weary patience 
with our praise. Some one has said he was ambi- 
tious. Let us be thankful that he was. A lov- 
ing hand has written these words : " Ambition 
seemed inborn with him. not so much from a 
desire for fame, but from a sense of duty to do 
well whatever he undertook, and a hope to be 
of service to his fellow men." If to be ambitious 
means to be a better student, a e;-reater soldier, a 
truer friend, then let ambition rule where none 
are wronged, and all are helped by better lead- 
ership. If he had not been ambitious, there wH)uld 
have been no Warren Monument to dedicate to- 
day. 

As might have been expected in a man with 
his tenacity of purpose, he was unswerving in 
devotion to the cause in which he believed. 
For years he studied the questions that aroused 
sectional antagonism, and when the hour came 
he was prepared for the issue. From that time 
until the close of the war, no toil could be too 
severe, no sacrifice too ofreat, no trial too exact- 
ing, to advance the interest of the government 
he honored, and the service he so much loved. 



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No side issue could distract him, no falsehood 
blind him. Throughout he clearly saw the one 
duty of suppressing the Rebellion, and to it 
every energy of his will, and every faculty of 
his mind was directed. 

He belonged to a profession that is not ashamed 
to die poor. When a fortune could be made 
by losing a battle, and the future assured against 
want by a false move in strategy, all honor to 
the sword-bearers who kept their blades bright 
from the rust of corruption. The soldier, whose 
fame we honor, avoided many an opportunity to 
obtain wealth unworthily, by turning his back 
on temptation, and keeping his eye steadfast on 
duty. When millions were springing up like 
mushrooms along the bloody trail of war, he 
would not stoop from the lofty altitude of hero, 
to ply the trade of huckster in the spoils of the 
conquered. A single purpose animated him, to 
bring to a speedy issue the strife of brotherhood, 
by striking hard, and doing utmost damage where 
it was needful ; but preventing all wanton 
destruction of property, and opposing the need- 
less effusion of blood. And thus the end of the 



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war found him comparatively poor, but rich in 
honor and renown, and those heart treasures 
that are beyond all price. 

Those who never penetrated the circle of his 
official reserve, or who only saw him in the rage 
of battle, could little understand the kindness of 
his heart. As a child, he was remarkable for 
gentleness. He was known at home as "The 
tender-hearted boy ;" and later in life, among the 
Indians of the plains, he was called "The good 
Lieutenant." Even long familiarity with scenes 
of strife, and the carnage of the battle-field, could 
not harden him to human suffering. Writing to 
his brother, on this subject, he said : " I do not 
feel it much in my own person, but I sympathize 
so much with the sufferino- around me, that it 
seems at times I can hardly endure it." Those 
who knew him intimately have heard him relate, 
with keen appreciation, the following incident : 
When, after a long and fatiguing march and 
battle, he had thrown himself on the cjround 
for needed rest, upon awakening he found a 
soldier's coat thrown over him. " Some poor 
fellow," he said, " had deprived himself of it in 
his kind thought for me." 



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Thus we behold the Soldier and the Man. 
Kind, true, and brave, with a contempt for mere 
showiness and pretence, he had respect for solid 
worth wherever found. In his relations to his 
brother officers of the volunteer service, he was 
always appreciative of true merit, never allow- 
ing his prejudices in favor of academic training 
to interfere with the recognition and promotion 
of military genius. If he saw a star ascendant, it 
challenged his admiration and esteem, whether 
it came from West Point, or a village school. 

In the semi-civil position he occupied after the 
close of the war, his interest in the social life 
around him was always very marked. Although 
naturally reserved, he was never a recluse ; and 
while he was intensely appreciative of domestic 
joys, yet in every place he lived his public ser- 
vices, and private worth, procured for him the 
warm attachment of personal friends. This ap- 
preciation was shown in their recognition and 
praise of his professional achievements, and brill- 
iant intellectual and social qualities, and their 
unobtrusive sympathy with him in the great sor- 
row of his life. Living, they gladly called him 



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friend, and when dead, they sought to perpetuate 
his memory with mortuary honors. 

Amoncr the distinctions that attach to his fame 
none is more significant than the fact that so 
many locahties aspired to the privilege of having 
this monument placed in their midst. While 
Newport holds his precious dust, and decorates 
his grave, Cold-Spring, his birth-place, asserts its 
earlier claims to recognition, and West Point en- 
vies Gettysburg. Here let it stand through com- 
ing years, among the monuments of this great 
battlefield. 

O Warren ! stand as firmly fixed in all our 
hearts as thou art planted in this solid rock ! The 
hand of man has carved the base for other stat- 
ues, but this sure pedestal was wrought by a 
mightier hand. As firmly as the everlasting hills, 
so shall it stand, unmoved by heat or frost or 
passing tempest-tumult, with unchanged attitude 
of watchfulness, as if intent to guard our future 
as he did our past. And when our lips are mute, 
and in the grave's dark gloom our eyes have lost 
their sight, may he, still standing here, behold 
the comino- o-randeur of our elder ao;-e ; a nation 



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liviiiL;' in the unity of peace, whose sons have 
learned the lessons of their father's bitter past. 
Then there will be no North ! no South ! but 
one broad, prosperous country under Freedom's 
Flag, And when another century has run its 
course, and men shall ask : " Who placed this 
statue here ?" Then let tradition answer : " Those 
ivlio loved Jiiui best.'' And when the record in- 
scribed upon this tablet shall be obscured by 
Time's effacing hand, let later history write this 
epitaph. 

Among the heroes ^of undying fame, whose 
names are written on the Nation's heart, there 
never lived a truer patriot than 

Warren. 



OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



James B. Fiske, 
Maurice F. Sullivan, 
Will D. Saphar, 
Wm. H. Horton, 
James E. Weir, 
Philip Margraf, 
A. S. Marvin, 
George H. Meyers, 



President. 

- 1st Vice-President. 

2d Vice-President. 

Recording Secretary. 

Assistant Recording Secretary. 

Financial Secretary. 

Treasurer. 

Sergeant-at-Arms. 



ROLL OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



Agnus, Genl. Felix 
Atkins, Capt. A. J. 
Brennan, John 
Boyle, John 
Bullwinkle, Henry 
Bollett, Fred. 
Blatz, Charles 
Bowne, Charles 
Callahan, James 
Carroll, Edward 
Catlin, Hon. George L. 
Carroll, John 
Christian, H. P. 
Coats, Maj. Andrew 
Cole, John J. 
Campbell, Jr., George W. 
Cochran, James 
Carney, Thomas H. 
Dipple, George W. 
Dumont, Lieut. T. S. 
Davenport, Alfred 
Davis, D. P. 
Dobiecki, G. F. 
Duryee, Genl. Abram 
Duryea, Genl. Hiram 



Duryea, Col. George 

Didier, Frank A. 

Delany, Thomas 

Fiske, James B. 

Forman, George W. 

Finley, Benjamin F. 

Finch, John K. 

Forbes, C. V. G. 

Flood, A. H. 

George, Alex. J. 

Glimm, J. C. 

Gilligan, Lieut. Pat'k 

Gillen, John 

Hancock, James 

Horton, Abram 

Horton, William IL 

Haines, Thomas 

Hoffman, Capt.Wm. , U. S. A. 

Hamilton, J. C. L. 

Hallett, George W. 

Jones Henry 

Kent, William J. 

Kirby, Lieut. N. C. 

Kretzler, A. C. 

Keyser, Lieut. Henry 



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Livingston, Alfred 
I.ang, Max. 
Lyon, Alfred 
Luyster, Wm. H. 
Leach, Wm. R. 
Murray, James R. 
Margraf, Philip 
Mahony, James 
McConnell, Capt. James 
Munnie, Robert 
Marvin, Col. A. S. 
McGeehan, Capt. John 
Meyers, George H. 
Mahoney, Victor D. 
Meagher, Daniel J. 
Magner, Robert 
McGrath, Charles 
Neuber, Chris. A. 
Patterson, James 
Powell. Alonzo 
Powell, Abel 
Perrin, Alfred M. 
Randall, Frank B. 
Sullivan, Maurice F. 
Smith, Maj. John M. 



Strachan, Robert \V. 
Smith, C. W. 
Saphar, Will. D. 
Savoie, Charles H. 
Stoddard, W. W. 
Seaman, R. E. 
Sloat, William B. 
Seaman, Richard 
Talfor, R. B. 
Tobin, James H. 
Tucker, Robert C. 
Tucker, Samuel H. 
Tiebout, Samuel H. 
Tappen, Edward M. 
Uckele, Lieut. Wm. 
Vanderoef, A. T. 
Vredenburgh, Wm. H. 
Wilson, Lieut. Philip L. 
Weir, James E. 
Whiteside, Edward 
Wust, John 
Wilson, Charles H. 
Webb, James W. 
Walters, William 



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HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Comte de Paris, (France) 
Davies, Gen. Henry E. 
Davies, Gen. J. Mansfield 
Meyers, Lieut. Augustus 
Teasdale, Charles E. 
Hussey, Capt. George A. 
Scott, Capt. Walter 
Isbell, Adelbert 

Bartlett, Col. C. G., iith U. S. Inf. 
Clark, Lieut. Frank M. 
Walker, Maj. John H. 

Foster, R 



Smith, Capt. John, I2th U. S. Inf. 
Locke, Gen. Fred. T. 
Creighton, Dr. John 
Keefe, Maj. Keefe S. O. 
Fraser, James S. 
Hopper, Col. George F. 
Limbeck, John C. 
Meyer, Col. Anton 
Johnson, Dr. Lawrence 
Cotton, Capt. J. P. 
Miller, Lieut. James 
ev. I. M. 



ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 

O'Neill, Daniel | Gilpin, John 

Robley, Gen. H. G., British Royal Artillery. 



LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Abbot, Gen. Henry L., U. S. A New York. 

Abbot, Edwin H Milwaukee, Wis. 

Abell and McKee Newport, R. I. 

Acker, P. B New York. 

AUerbach, Col. P. H Washington, D. C. 

Ameli, Alonzo Greenpoint, L. T. 

Anderson, Elbert J Newport, R. I. 

Attleton, S. F Newport, R. I. 

Astor, John Jacob Newport, R. I. 

Atwater, John C Newport, R. I. 

Austin, W. M Newport, R. I. 

Atkins, Capt. A.J New York City. 

Ainory, Lieut. C. W Boston, Mass. 

Agnus, (Jen. Felix Baltimoie, Md. 

Ayres, Gen. R. B., U. S. A St. Augustine, Fla. 

Barrett, E. M Naugatuck, Conn. 

Baldwin, H. C Naugatuck, Conn. 

Black, W. R Naugatuck, Conn. 

Bass, Prof. E. W West Point, N. Y. 

Bradford, Capt. J. H,, U. S. A Fort Clark, Te.xas. 

Bradley, Sergt. T. D., U. S. A De Land, Fla. 

Barstow Stove Co New York. 

Brandes, Victor A Brooklyn. 

Babcock, N. D New York. 

Baker, A. D Newport, R. L 

Barger, Samuel F Newport, R. L 

Barker, Alexander Newport, R. L 

Barker Brothers Newport, R. L 

Bancroft, George Newport, R. L 

Baker, Judge Newport, R. L 



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Blaiss, E. C Newport, R.I. 

Barstow, D. H Newport, R. I. 

Bradford, Joseph Newport, R. I. 

Belmont, August Newport, R. I. 

Best, Col. C. L., U. S. A Newport, R. I. 

Bedlow, Hon. Henry Newport, R. I. 

Beckwith. N. M Newport, R. I. 

Barrett, Joseph Newport, R. I. 

Biesel and Sons, H Newport, R. I. 

Brown, T. G; Newport, R. I. 

Brown, Lewis Newport. R. I. 

Boyle, P. J Newport, R. I. 

Brown, J. A Newport, R. I. 

Brown, G. G Newport, R. I. 

Bull, Jr., Henry Newport, R. I. 

Beaver, Mrs New York. 

Belmont, A. A New York. 

Belcher, Henry W New York. 

Bentzoin, Bvt.-Lt. Col., U. S. A Fort Snelling, Minn. 

Brennan, John Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Bennett. Col. D. F Baltimore, Md. 

Bird, J. F New York. 

Birch, George D Naugatuck, Conn. 

Bilson, John Naugatuck, Conn. 

Boutcher, Joseph H Greenport, L. I. 

Boden, J. S New York. 

Boylan, Matthew Naugatuck, Conn. 

Bogart, P. Luyster New York. 

Bogart, Charles C New York. 

Bogart, Alfred M New York. 

Blunt, Col. Charles E., U- S. A New York. 

Bucklyn, Capt J. K Mystic Bridge, Conn. 

Bumpus, Col. L. D Washington, D. C. 

Buck, George Naugatuck, Conn. 

Burdett, W New York. 

Bykeeper, C Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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Bryson, Post 225 Watsontown, Pa. 

Case, Major A. B Vernon, N. Y. 

Carolen, Thos Nangatuck, Conn. 

Carrington, Edward H Naugatuck, Conn. 

Carroll, Edward New York. 

Carroll, Mrs. E New York. 

Carroll, Miss A New York. 

Carroll, Miss C New York. 

Clancy, Michael Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O. 

Campbell, Jr., Geo. W New York. 

Cain, Henry I New York. 

Carroll, John New York. 

Catlin, Hon. Geo. L. , U. S. Consul Zurich, Switzerland. 

Campbell, Capt. Jas. B., U. S. A Fort Monroe, Va. 

Cadwalader, Gen'l Chas. E Philadelphia, Pa. 

Chamberlain, Gen'l T. E Wethersfield, Conn. 

Clark, E. R Oxford, Mich. 

Clark, Col. A. M Belleville, N. J. 

Chevalier, Samuel Naugatuck, Conn. 

Chevalier, J. L Naugatuck, Conn. 

Creamer, Edward S New York. 

Chester, Col. Walter T New York. 

Cheney, A. C New York. 

Cammack, Addison Newport, R.I. 

Calvert, Geo. H Newport, R. I. 

Carson, A. H Newport, R. I. 

Chace Newport, R. I. 

Carley, Francis D Newport, R. I. 

Carry, John J Newport, R. I. 

Cottrell, C. M Newport, R. I. 

Cole, C. M Newport, R. I. 

Coggeshall, John S Newport, R. I. 

Crosby, Jr., John H Newport, R. I. 

Cornell, Geo. F Newport, R. I. 

Covell. Jr., W. K Newport, R. I. 

Collins, Geo Newport, R. I. 



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Cotton, Capt. J. P Newport, R. I. 

" C ". . . . Newport, R. I. 

Cottrell, J. H Newport, R. I. 

Cummings, R. F Newport, R. I. 

Costello, J. G Newport, R. I. 

Colton, Wm. li Newport, R. I. 

Campbell, James Greenpoint, N. Y. 

Campbell, R. C Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Clancey, J New York. 

Chase, Cornelius S., Post 50 Titusville, Pa. 

Christian, H. P Greenport, L. I. 

Clitz, Gen'l H. B., U. S. A Detroit, Mich. 

Cohn, M. H New York. 

Crouchley, F. J New York. 

Corrigan, Wm Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Cole, John J New York. 

Cole, A. O New York. 

Couzen, L New York. 

Cronin, M Naugatuck, Conn. 

Coen, M Naugatuck, Conn. 

Conran, Thos Naugatuck, Conn. 

Coleman, Major F. \V Gettysburg, Pa. 

Coykendall, S. D Rondout, N. Y. 

Cross, Capt. Abram, C. S. A Houston, Texas. 

Curry, John W Naugatuck, Conn. 

Cummings, T. A., U. S. A Fort Benton, Mont. 

Childwold, Addison St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 

Davis, D. P New York. 

Davis, II. B New York. 

Day, Gen'l H., U. S. A Morristown, N. J. 

Davis, W. H Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Davis, Simeon Newport, R. I. 

Daniels, Geo. F Newport, R. I. 

Danaby, C. V Newport, R. I. 

Dickey, Hugh T Newport, R. I. 

Dockray, Geo. M Newport, R. I. 



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Dews, Thos Naugatuck, Conn. 

Dempsey, Col. Thos : Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Didier, Frank A New York. 

Diehle, Jr., G New York. 

Dick, J.N New York. 

Dobiecki, Geo. F Brooklyn, N. Y. 

D. Co., 14th Regt., N. G. S. N.Y Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Don, Sergt. Jas. M.. U. S. A Fort McDermit, Nev. 

Dodge, Alfred New York. 

Duryea, Genl. Hiram New York. 

Duryea, Col. George Glen Cove, L, I. 

Duryee, Genl. Abram New York. 

Drum, Col. W. F., U. S. A Los Angeles, Cal. 

Drum Corps, yih Regt., N. G. S. N. Y .New York. 

Daly, Robt. F New York. 

Eckhard, Herman New York. 

Eckhard, Ernest New York. 

Ernst, Major O. H Houston, Texas. 

Eddy, J. A Newport, R. I. 

Emmons, A. B Newport, R. I. 

Eddy, G. A. . Newport, R. I. 

Erwin, T. S Naugatuck. Conn. 

Ennis, J. J New York. 

Edge. R. I New York. 

Farley. Chas Boston. 

Flanigan. Thos Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Flandrau, Dr. Thos. M Rome, N. Y. 

Franklin, W. B... . Newport, R. I. 

Faeber, P Newport, R. I. 

Freeman, F. D Newport, R. I. 

Fiske, Josiah M Newport, R. I. 

Fitts, D. B Newport, R.l. 

Foster. John Newport, R. I. 

Frosch, C. F Newport, R. I. 

Freelon, Jas New York. 

Fleming, John Jamaica, L. I. 



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French, G. A Ng^ York. 

Fiske, Jas. 13 New York. 

Finch, John K Astoria, L. I. 

Finley, Benj. F New York. 

Fisher, Jas New York. 

Forman, Geo. W New York. 

Trost, 11 New York. 

Fuller, J. B Naugatuck, Conn. 

Fuller, Thos. S New York. 

Flynn, Jos. C Naugatuck, Conn. 

Fifth Army Corps, Society of the New York. 

Garrison, J. T Naugatuck, Conn. 

Gardner, Wm Brooklyn. 

Galbraith, Alvan S Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O. 

Gannon, Patrick Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O. 

Gantt, Col. Thos. T St. Louis, Mo. 

Grady, Wm New York. 

Graham, John New York. 

Garretson. F. P Newport, R. I. 

Greene, Jere J . . Newport, R. I. 

Greene, W. O Newport, R. I. 

Greene, F. W Newport, R. I. 

Gibbs, Theo. R Newport, R. I. 

Gibson, Joseph Newport, R. I. 

Gilpin, John Newport, R. I. 

Glover, John H Newport, R. I. 

Goelet Robert Newport, R. I. 

George, Alexander J ... New York. 

Green, Mrs New York. 

Greely, Genl. A. \V., U. S. A \Yashington, D. C. 

Gillen, John .- Soldiers' I lome, Dayton, O. 

Ginnen, Dennis Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O. 

Gilbert, Joseph Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O. 

Gilpin, John Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O. 

Gibbon, Genl. John Yancouver Barracks, Wash. Terr. 

Gibbud, Duncan D Naugatuck, Conn. 

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Giebelhouse, H. A New York. 

Goodyear, Ed. B Naugatuck, Conn. 

Goerwitz, Carl New York. 

Guier, Geo. F Baltimore, Md. 

Hall, B. C Naugatuck, Conn. 

Hinckley, W. F Naugatuck, Conn. 

Hawley, A Naugatuck, Conn 

Harrington, E . . .Naugatuck, Conn. 

Hayes, Robert Soldiers' House, Dayton, O. 

Hammond, Genl. Jolin Crown Point, N. Y. 

Harris, J. C Venango, Pa. 

Halliday, Capt. Frank S New York. 

Halsted, Col. George Blight Elizabeth, N.J. 

Hallett, George W Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hamilton, J. C. L Stapleton, S. I. 

Hard, Hubert Naugatuck, Conn. 

Haines, Thomas New York. 

Harvey, J New York. 

Hartmann, Eugene Newport, R. I. 

Hazard, Hazard & Co Newport, R.I. 

Hammett, Joseph Newport, R. I. 

Hammett, Fred. M Newport, R. I. 

Hammett, Clarence Newport, R. I. 

Hammett. C. E Newport, R. I. 

Herrmann, Geo. O Newport, R. I. 

Hayward, A. H Newport, R. I. 

Howard, John Newport, R. I. 

Horgan, 1'. H Newport, R. I. 

Howard, J. Nelson Newport, R. I. 

Horton, Jere. W Newport, R. I. 

Honey, Hon. S. R Newport, R. I. 

Heap, D. P Washington, D. C. 

Hendricks, Arthur Washington, D. C. 

Hinckley, Dr. W Naugatuck, Conn. 

Hotchkiss, H. S Naugatuck, Conn. 

Horton, William H ... New York. 



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Horton, Abram New York. 

Ilolwill, W. F New York. 

Hopper, Col. George F New York. 

Hopper, Rev. James H New York. 

Ploadley, John .... Naugatuck, Conn. 

Hotchkiss, Burr M Naugatuck, Conn. 

Hojer, George W New York. 

Horcher, Herman E New York. 

Holder, James P New York. 

Hussey, Capt. George A. . , New York. 

Hurst, W. H New York. 

Hugenin, George Syracuse, N. Y. 

Hutzelmann, D New York. 

H . , Jr. , W. C New York. 

H., W. V New York, 

Heath, Aug Long Island City. 

Irish Brigade (an admirer) Dayton, O. 

Inches, Dr. Chas. E Boston, Mass. 

Irwin, Col. R. B Philadelphia, Pa. 

Jameson, John New York. 

Jansen, Wm New York. 

Jennison, Capt. J. A Utica. N. Y. 

Jones, Col. DeLancey Floyd, U. S. A New York. 

Johnson, Dr Lawrence New York. 

Jones, Henry New York. 

Jones, C New York. 

Johannes, Col. J. G Washington, D. C. 

"Jack" Newport, R. I. 

Jennings, A.P Newport, R. I. 

Jones, Prycc Newport, R. I. 

Khard,Wm.C New York. 

Kenney, John H Greenport, E.I. 

Kent, Wm. J -New York. 

Kretzler, A.C New York. 

Kreig, Michael Phoenicia, N . Y. 

Kennedy, Wm . D. , Post 42 New York. 



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Kirby , N . C Brooklyn. 

King. Vincent C New York. 

Knight, John G. D New York. 

Kuntz, John Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Kiemle, B Ansonia, Conn. 

Kiefer, Daniel Waterbury, Conn. 

Knox, Capt . Andrew Danbury , Conn. 

Kelley, Geo Newport, R.I. 

King & McLeod Newport, R.I. 

Kingsland. W. M Newport, R.I. 

King, David Newport, R.I. 

Lang, Max Brooklyn, N . Y. 

Lawton, Chas. H Newport, R.I. 

Lawton, W. S Newport, R.I. 

Lawton, Jr., W. H Newport, R.I. 

Lawton, T. A Newport, R.I. 

Landers, A. C Newport, R.I. 

Lawrence, Prescott . . Newport, R.I. 

Lawrence, John Newport, R . I. 

Lanigan Newport, R.I. 

Langley, John A Newpoi t, P.I. 

Larned, Thos. L Newport, R.I. 

Littlefield, Geo. A Newport, R.I. 

Livingston, H, T Newport, R.I. 

Lorrilard, Louis S Newport, R.I. 

Low, A. A Newport, R.I. 

Low, Josiah O Newport. R . I. 

Lockrow, H. J . . . . Newport, R.I. 

Lyon, Jos. M Newport, R.I. 

Lutz, John P New York. 

Lyon, Alfred Fort Lee, N. J. 

Lewis, Geo. N New York. 

Leach, W. R Brooklyn, N . Y. 

LePard, \V. A Brooklyn, N . Y. 

Lisconi, Capt. E. H., U. S. A Fort Brown, Texas. 

Livingston, Alfred New York. 



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Little, H . T New York. 

Lindmark, John New York. 

Lodge, P. C Naugatuck, Conn. 

Lorenzen Bros New York. 

Locke, Genl. Fred. T /..... .New York. 

Lowery, Col. J. S Utica, N.Y. 

Ludwig, Chas. H New York. 

Marvin, S. S Pittsburgh, Pa. 

McGill, P. H Baltimore, Md. 

McEwen, V. H Naugatuck, Conn. 

McCabe, Michael. .'. Naugatuck, Conn. 

McConnell, Capt. James New York. 

McKeever, Jacob W Brooklyn. 

McCullough, Capt. John W Rowlandville, Md. 

Magner, Robert Englewood, N. J. 

Mather, C. R New York. 

Mack, James New York. 

McElroy, W New York. 

McMahon, P New York. 

McKeever, Gen'l Chauncey, U. S. A San Francisco, Cal. 

May, J . O Naugatuck, Conn. 

Marvin, Col. A. S New York. 

Mahoney, Victor D New York. 

Marquand, Henry G New York. 

Mallon, Lieut. T. H Brooklyn. 

Marx, Emanuel New York. 

Mardell, Smith New York. 

McGeehan, Capt. John Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Meagher, Dan'l J New York. 

Meyer, Col. Anton New York. 

Michelfelder, Theo New York. 

Miller, S. M New York. 

Miller, J . A Austin. Nevada. 

Miles, Genl. Nelson A., U. S. A Los Angeles, Cal. 

Milhau, Genl. John J New York. 

Maine 20th Regt . Assoc Maine. 



Morse, Isaac A Naugatuck, Conn. 

Maloney, D New York. 

Moon, Jos. H Naugatuck, Conn. 

Monsell, Carlos H Plainfield, N. J. 

Montgomery Club Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Morgan. D. T Philadelphia, Pa. 

Morris, Genl. W. H • New York. 

Morse, Robert Naugatuck, Conn. 

Moran, Jr., Thos New York. 

Murphy, Wm. J Naugatuck, Conn. 

Munnie, Robert Philadelphia, Pa. 

Munsell & Co. , Eugene New York. 

Meyers, Lieut. Augustus New York. 

Murphy, Mortimer .■ Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Mulhall, Lieut. S. J., U. S. A Falls Church, Va. 

Marvel & Gash Newport, R. L 

Merritt, Geo. W Newport, R. L 

Marin, Capt. M. C, U. S. N Newport, R. L 

Marquand, Henry G Newport, R. L 

Morehouse, C. P Newport, R. L 

M.. W. J Newport, R. L 

Meade, Col. Geo Philadelphia, Pa. 

Martin, T. F Newport, R. L 

M., B. M Naugatuck, Conn. 

Nathan, Lewis Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Neuber. C. A Brooklyn, N. Y. 

New England Monument Co New York. 

Neal, Jas. A Baltimore, Md. 

Noonan, Joseph New York. 

Nordstrom, Olaf New York. 

" Newporter " Newport, R. L 

Neilson, Mrs. P'red Newport, R. L 

Newport One Price Clothing Co Newport, R. L 

Nichols, Wm Newport, R. I. 

Norman, H. F Newport, R. L 

Norman, G. H Newport, R. L 



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O'Grady, Capt. John D Brooklyn, N. Y. 

O'Neill, Daniel Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Owen, Capt. Chas. II Hartford, Conn. 

O'Leary, John New York. 

O'Brien, John New York. 

Osborne, Dr. Geo. S Boston, Mass. 

O'Neill, T. J .- Newport, R. I. 

O'Connor, John Newport, R. I. 

.< Q g " Newport, R. I. 

Osgood. W. H Newport, R. I. 

Parke, Genl. John G., U.S. A West Point, N. Y. 

Pray T . L White House, O. 

Page J. M Naugatuck, Conn. 

Piatt, Luther. S Naugatuck, Conn. 

Patterson, Genl. Robert E Philadelphia, Pa. 

Peck A • • • Naugatuck, Conn. 

Phelps, Judge C. W Baltimore, Md. 

Powell, Abel Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Porter. Genl. Fitz John New York. 

Powell, Dr. Seneca D New York. 

Potts, Capt. J. Newport • Baltimore, Md. 

Powers, William A Brooklyn. 

Pullen, Col. Frank D Bangor, Me- 

Post, George C Yonkers. N. Y. 

Pell, Mrs. Duncan Newport, R. I. 

Perry, Joseph Newport, R. I. 

Perry, G. S Newport, R. I 

Pinard, Charles Newport, R. I. 

Pritchard, George A Newport, R. I. 

Powers. Thomas Newport, R. I. 

Powel, Major John Hare Newport, R. I. 

Potter, Mrs. Julia B Newport, R. I. 

Quackenbush, G New York. 

Quinnett, Edward Brooklyn, N. Y. 

It Q " Newport. R. I. 

Randolph, Major Wallace F., U. S. A Governor's Island, N. Y. 



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Randall, Frank M Brooklyn. 

Kennert, John C New York. 

Richards, H New York. 

Rice, Jas. C, Post No. 29 New York. 

Rice, Philip M New York. 

Rinnsland, Chas New York. 

Rossing, Denis New York. 

Rock, John San Jose, Cal. 

Rutan, Thos. B Brooklyn. 

Richardson, Capt. C. A Canandaigua, N. Y. 

Rankin, Dr. F. H Newport, K.I. 

Read, H. E Newport, R. I. 

Riggs, Wm Newport, K. I. 

Richards, B. H Newport, R. I. 

Robbins, S. Rowland Newport, R. I. 

Rogers, Fairman Newport, R. I. 

Roeder, Geo. C Newport, R. I. 

Rosengarten, J. G Newport, R. I. 

Rogers, John Newport, R. I. 

Rooney, H Newport, R. I. 

Sadly, John H New York. 

Schwab, C New York. 

Schaffer, F. F Naugatuck, Conn. 

Saunders, M. E Naugatuck, Conn. 

Savoie, Chas. II New York. 

Saphar, Will D Philadelphia, Pa. 

Strachan, Robert W. . . New York. 

Smack, Robert Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Staadhof, L Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Saber, Capt. II. S Little Rock, Ark. 

Sweeny, James E Naugatuck, Conn. 

Sweeny, Ed Naugatuck, Conn. 

Sears, Henry Naugatuck, Conn. 

Sears, Capt. Clinton B., U. S. A St. Paul, Minn. 

Stevens, Hiel S Naugatuck, Conn. 

Sweitzer, Genl. N. B., U. S. A Fort VValla Walla, Wash. Terr. 



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Sweitzer, Genl. J. B., U. S. A Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Schwenk, Ernst Naugatuck, Conn. 

Sweeney, James Naugatuck, Conn. 

Sweeney, John M Naugatuck, Conn. 

Stein, Francis Greenpoint, N. Y. 

Stell, Geo. M New York. 

Slevin. H. S Naugatuck, Conn. 

Stewart, A New York. 

Steinhart, Israel ^^^ York. 

Seaman, R.E Plainfield, N. J. 

Squires. C. N Naugatuck, Conn. 

Smith, R. M Naugatuck. Conn. 

Smith, H.J New York. 

Smith, Major John M New York. 

Smith, J.I Philadelphia, Pa. 

Smith, Capt. R. Burnett Passaic, N. J. 

Skinner, Capt. E. C Detroit, Mich. 

Schriver, Genl. Ed., U. S. A Washington, D. C. 

Sinclair, Geo Stamford, Conn. 

Siegel. Gen. Franz New York City. 

Simon, Major F. W Baltimore, Md. 

Schof.eld, Genl. John M.. U. S. A Governor's Island, N.Y. 

Sloan, Hon. Sam New York. 

Slocum, Genl. H. W Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Strong, W.L New York. 

Stott, F. II New York. 

Schonwald, C. G New York. 

Strobel, Joseph New York. 

Sumner, John M New York. 

Sullivan, Maurice F New York. 

Sheehan. D. \V Newport, R.I. 

Stanley & Mortimer Newport, R. 1. 

Sands, Fred.P Newport, R. I. 

Satterlee, Dr. F. LeRoy Newport, R. I. 

Savage & Tibbetts Newport, R. I. 

Stewart, John Newport, R. I. 



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Sherman, A. K Newport, R. I. 

Sherman, B. B. II Newport, R. I, 

Sheffield. VV. D Newport, R. I. 

Seabury, T. M Newport, R. I. 

Sherman, A. P Newport, R. I. 

Spingler, W. F Newport, R. I. 

Shields, C. W Newport, R. I. 

Smith, Gideon Newport, R. I. 

Smith, Townsend Newport, R. I. 

Swinburne, H Newport, R, I. 

Slocum, Geo. S Newport, R. I. 

Smith, J. B. F Newport, R. I. 

Smith, Howard Newport, R. I. 

Southwick, J. M. K Newport, R. I. 

'• S., H " Newport, R. 1. 

Slocum, Ex-Mayor Newport, R. I. 

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GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WaRREN, 



No. 1 45 1. Class of 1850. 



Died August 8, 1SS2, at Newport, R. I., aged 52 years. 

It would be useless to attempt within our narrow limits 
to review the life-work of a man so distinguished in many 
fields of honorable ambition as was General Warren. His 
scientific record will find a place in the memoirs of the 
National Academy of Sciences, of which he was long a 
member. It is peculiarly for us, sons of a common alma 
mater, to cherish the memory of his soldierly achieve- 
ments, which have reflected honor upon ourselves and upon 
our profession. 

GouvERNEUR Kemble Warren was born on January 8, 
1830, at the village of Cold Spring, within hearing of the 
morning and evening gun at West Point. He was the 
fourth in a family of twelve children — eight sons and four 
daughters. As a boy he was educated at the schools of 
his native place, and for one year at Kinsley's Classical 
and Mathematical School near West Point, where he was 
a student when his Cadet appointment was received. He 
entered the Military Academy on July i, 1846, at the early 
age of sixteen, and was graduated on July r, 1850, stand- 

Reprinled from the Proceedings of the Association of the Graduates of the U. S. 
Miltiary Academy — Annual Reunion of June 12, 1883. 



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ing second in a class of forty-four members. He was at 
once assigned to the Corps of Topographical Engineers, , 
in the grade of Brevet Second Lieutenant. 

The first duty which devolves upon a young officer often 
exerts an enduring influence upon his professional character; 
and Lieutenant Warren was fortunate in the experience 
which he gained as assistant to Captain (now General) 
Humphreys upon the investigations and surveys of the 
Mississippi delta. The work was onerous, and peculiar 
circumstances threw him into more than usually intimate 
relations with his chief, for whom he formed a strong 
personal attachment, which lasted through life. 

Lieutenant Warren's first opportunity for original re- 
search occurred in 1854, when he was assigned to the duty 
of compiling a general map of the region west of the Mis- 
sissippi. The country was then a wilderness intersected by 
a few lines of reconnoissance, and the work demanded 
laborious and judicious analysis. The resulting map and 
memoir, dated in 1858, exhausts all valuable material from 
the earliest discoveries to its date, and will remain a stand- 
ard historical authority. This work was performed under 
the pressure of other duties and largely at night. Dur- 
ing its progress he devoted much labor to the joint 
report (1854) of Captain Humphreys and himself upon Pa- 
cific Railroad explorations, and also conducted three 
separate explorations in Dakota and Nebraska. 

The first of these explorations was made as the Engi- 
neer officer of General Harney's staff, in his campaign 
against the hostile Sioux, memorable for the victory of 
Blue Water Creek, on September 3, 1855. One little inci- 
dent connected with this expedition illustrates Warren's 
character. He had been sent up the Missouri to Fort 



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Pierre on duty, while the column was forming at Fort 
Kearny. Time was lacking to rejoin General Harney by 
water before the march began. The direct overland route 
(300 miles) led through the heart of the enemy's country and 
was wholly untraveled and unknown. Against the earnest 
advice of his brother officers at Fort Pierre, including the 
commanding officer, who regarded his destruction as cer- 
tain, Warren organized a little band of seven half-breeds 
and prairie men, successfully made the march in two 
weeks, and mapped his route. This exploit, apparently 
so rash, was in truth the result of an intelligent study of 
the chances. The weather was yet too warm for the prob- 
able formation of roaming war parties, especially as it was 
the season for making "sweet corn." By using no tents 
or fires at night, and by marching under cover of dark- 
ness when near an enemy, Warren reasoned that the 
well armed and alert little band could run the gauntlet 
— and he was right. Throughout his life he never lacked 
sagacity to plan or courage to execute. 

Lieutenant Warren's explorations of 1856 and 1857, 
covering many hundred miles, were made with small par- 
ties among powerful and semi-hostile tribes, for the pur- 
pose of obtaining the information necessary for subduing 
them, and for opening the country to civilization. He 
was the first explorer of the now celebrated Black Hills, 
passing through their eastern, southern and western out- 
skirts. His well digested report and military map of 
Nebraska and Dakota have been of great value, both in 
the development of the country and for the scientific 
information that they contain. 

After nine years of this varied and active service. Lieut- 
enant Warren was ordered in 1859 to West Point, in 



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the department of mathematics, and he remained there 
until the outbreak of the civil war. 

He brought to the strife an intellect fitted for high 
command, a courage which knew no fear and shrunk from 
no responsibility, a judgment ripened by responsible duties, 
an earnest patriotism free from fanatical bias, and an 
energy so indomitable that it carried his delicate frame 
through labors and exposures which broke down many men 
of stronger physique. Like most soldiers of conscious 
ability, he despised the vulgar arts and clap-trap which 
form the stock-in-trade of coarser natures ; and his mag- 
nanimity to the vanquished equaled his stubborn persis- 
tence during the contest. 

The position of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifth New 
York Volunteers was very early tendered to Lieutenant 
Warren ; and having received a leave of absence with per- 
mission to accept a volunteer command, he was mustered 
into the service in that grade on May 14, 1861. The 
regiment, as soon as organized at Fort Schuyler, was 
ordered to General Butler at Fortress Monroe, and at once 
proceeded south by sea. It came under fire for the first 
time in the affair at Big Bethel, fought on June 10, 1861, 
where Lieutenant-Colonel Warren was conspicuous for 
coolness and good judgment. He was the very last to 
leave the field, having remained to rescue at the risk of 
his life the body of his friend, Lieutenant John T. Greble, 
Second Artillery — the first in our little band of regular 
officers to die for the cause of national unity. Warren 
went back with about ten men, on learning of his death, 
and leaving them under cover advanced alone and carried 
the body in his arms to an abandoned limber, which was 
then drawn off by the party. 
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On August 31, 1861, he was promoted to be Colonel of 
the Fifth New York. .During the remainder of the year 
the regiment was stationed in Baltimore, where it was 
engaged in constructing the large earth-work on Federal 
Hill, and in receiving the thorough drilling which made 
it confessedly one of the very best regiments in the ser- 
vice.* 

When the Army of the Potomac moved to the Peninsula 
in the Spring of 1862 the Fifth New York accompanied 
it. Before Yorktown it formed part of the siege train 
under the command of General Barry, Chief of Artillery, 
Colonel Warren in addition doing much personal recon- 
noitering of the enemy's lines as an Engineer. The regi- 
ment was in camp near General McClellan's headquar- 
ters ; and no officer who witnessed the daily dress parades 
of his 800 soldiers in brilliant Zouave uniform and splen- 
didly drilled, could fail to recognize the skill of the 
young Colonel as a disciplinarian and regimental com- 
mander. 

After the advance began (on May 24), Colonel Warren 
was assigned to the command of the Third Brigade in 
Sykes' Division of the Fifth Army Corps, consisting of his 
own and two other Infantry Regiments, a Cavalry Regi- 
ment and a Light Battery. With this Brigade he covered 
the extreme right of the army ; and took part in the cap- 
ture of Hanover Court House ; the pursuit of Stuart's 
cavalry after the brilliant raid round our rear (marching 

* The Prince de Joinville in 1S62, in writing of our volunteer army, said : 
" Sometimes an officer of the regfular army, desirous of distinguishing himself, 
and having enough of influence in his State, raised a regiment and obtained from 
it an admirable result. Thus, a young Engineer Lieutenant named Warren was 
marvelously successful with the Fifth New York Regiment, of which he was the 
Colonel. That regiment served as Engineers and Artillery in the siege of Vork- 
town ; and having again become Infantry conducted itself as the most veteran 
troops at the battles of the Chickahominy, where it lost half its force." 



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his Infantry 43 miles in 37 hours) ; the battle of Gaines' 
Mill, where he was slightly wounded, and his horse was 
twice shot under him ; the affair at Malvern Hill on 
June 30, and the great battle there of the following day. 
The Brigade lost 60 or 70 men killed and 150 wounded 
in these operations, chiefly in the battle of Gaines' Mill, 
and Colonel Warren was highly commended for gallantry 
and good conduct. 

After leaving the Peninsula, Colonel Warren's brigade 
was landed at Aquia Creek and took part in the move- 
ments of the Fifth Corps to reinforce General Pope. In 
the desperate battle fought near Manassas, on August 30, 
249 out of the 490 soldiers of his own regiment were 
killed and wounded, and his bull-dog tenacity did much 
to cover the withdrawal of the remnants of the Corps. 

Recommended by his superior officers, and urgently 
pressed by General McClellan, he was appointed on Sep- 
tember 26, 1862, Brigadier-General of Volunteers for dis- 
tinguished conduct at the battle of Gaines' Mill. He had 
in the meantime been engaged with his brigade in the 
Maryland campaign and the battle of Antietam. His com- 
mand passed through Harper's Ferry on November i, 
marched to Falmouth, and took part in the Rappahannock 
campaign and the battle of Fredericksburg. 

While the army lay in the winter cantonments General 
Warren did much individual work in reconnoitering and 
correcting the maps; and finally, on February 2, 1863, he 
was ordered as Chief Topographical Engineer to the staff 
of General Hooker, who had just assumed command of 
the Army of the Potomac. The two Corps of Engineers 
were consolidated by Act of Congress approved March 3, 
1863 ; and on June 8, General Warren was appointed 



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Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, acting in 
that capacity until August 12. During the six months in 
which he thus served on the staff, his papers prove that 
he discharged highly responsible duties. In the Chan- 
cellorsville campaign he took a gallant part in the action 
of Orange Pike, the storming of Marye's Heights, and the 
battle of Salem. 

Few better illustrations of the intensity of life at this 
time can be given than the circumstances attending Gen- 
eral Warren's marriage with Miss Emily F. Chase, of 
Baltimore, then residing with her father in that city. 
Hastening from the front, he arrived at 9 P. M. on 
June 17; was married at noon; and on the 20th 
was back at his post actively engaged in the movement 
toward Gettysburg. The life-long sympathy and love of 
his noble wife lightened many hours of despondency under 
the burden of wrongs which otherwise might have proved 
unendurable to a man of his proud and sensitive nature. 

At Gettysburg, where he was slightly wounded. General 
Warren brilliantly distinguished himself as an engineer 
staff officer. On the second day of the battle (July 2d), 
after a personal examination of the .right of the line near 
Gulp's Hill, where an offensive movement on our part was 
in contemplation, he was drawn to the left by Long- 
street's furious attack. At the moment when Hood, 
having outflanked Sickles' Corps, was thrusting forward 
his right, Warren had fortunately reached the bold and 
rocky spur called Little Round Top — the key to the whole 
Union position. It was entirely undefended, although 
occupied as a signal station. Appreciating the vital im- 
portance of the Confederate movement, Warren ordered 
the signal men, who were preparing to avoid capture by 



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flight, to continue waving their flags and thus preserve a 
semblance of occupation while he hurried for troops. He 
soon encountered the head of Sykes' column hastening 
to support Sickles, and assumed the responsibility of 
diverting Vincent's brigade to seize and occupy the hill, 
using General Meade's name as his staff ofificer. How 
gallantly this movement was executed in a desperate hand- 
to-hand conflict, in which Vincent and Weed, O'Rorke 
and Hazlitt, and hundreds of other soldiers in blue laid 
down their lives, is a matter of history. It was one of 
the many turning points of this, the supreme battle of 
the war, and but for Warren's military coup d'ceil and 
prompt acceptance of responsibility, Gettysburg might 
now be known as the grave of the Union. 

The passage of the Potomac after the battle of Gettys- 
burg afforded an illustration of the curious expedients 
upon which the success of engineer operations often de- 
pends. The pontoons had been scuttled, and, as was 
supposed at the time, destroyed, in the preliminary 
operations of the campaign. It now became necessary to 
patch and repair the shattered boats at once; and at 
General Warren's personal suggestion, this was done suc- 
cessfully with cracker-boxes obtained from the Subsistence 
Department. 

On August 8 General Warren was appointed Major- 
General of Volunteers, to date from May 3, when he had 
distinguished himself with General Sedgwick's column at 
the storming of Marye's Heights and the battle of Salem. 
On August II he was assigned to the temporary com- 
mand of the Second Corps. He had thus in two years, 
without influence other than the recommendations of 
his commanding officers, fairly fought his way from the 
command of a regiment to that of an army corps. 



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His first important service in this grade occurred in 
Lee's flank march upon Centreville, in October, 1863. On 
the night of the 13th, when the Confederate Army reached 
Warrenton, the Second Corps, forming the rear guard of 
the Army of the Potomac, biv.ouacked at Auburn, distant 
only about five miles. Neither army commander knew 
accurately the position or line of march of the other, but 
both were manoeuvering to bring on a decisive battle. 
The march ordered by General Meade for the Third, 
Fifth, and Second Corps on October 14 lay along the 
Alexandria Railroad toward Centreville, Lee's supposed 
objective. During the night of October 13 General Stuart, 
with a brigade of cavalry, found himself entangled among 
the Second Corps, and just before daylight opened sud- 
denly with artillery upon the camp fires of Caldwell's 
division. An infantry attack by General Ewell followed 
promptly from the opposite direction. Although repelled, 
these attacks delayed the Second Corps ; so that when 
it reached Bristoe Station, a small gap existed between 
its leading division (Webb's) and the rear of the Fifth 
Corps, next in advance. The head of General A. P. Hill's 
Corps struck this gap and immediately attacked. The 
moment was critical, but General Warren, who was on 
the spot, was equal to the emergency. With the utmost 
promptitude his two leading divisions were faced to the 
left and hurried forward under fire to seize the railroad 
embankment and cut, thus securing a strong line. A sharp 
attack by General Hill in line of battle was vigorously 
repulsed, and 450 prisoners, 2 stands of colors, and 5 
pieces of artillery were captured. Warren held this posi- 
tion for some hours with a force of less than 8,000 men, 
confronting the whole of Hill's Cor[)s (numbering about 



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i7,ooo men), gradually increased by the whole of Ewell's 
Corps during the afternoon. At dark he was reinforced 
by part of the Fifth Corps ; and during the night was 
ordered to continue his march toward Centreville. He 
crossed Bull Run about 4 A. M. with his wounded and 
captures, having in 24 hours twice repulsed the enemy in 
superior force and marched over 25 miles. The total loss 
of the Second Corps in killed and wounded was 433 
officers and enlisted men ; and of the Confederates, in 
killed and wounded, 782 officers and enlisted men. Gen- 
eral Humphreys, then Chief of Staff of the Army of the 
Potomac, writes : " The handling of the Second Corps in 
this operation, and the promptitude, skill and spirit with 
which the enemy was met were admirable, and might form 
an excellent model for the conduct of the rear guard." 

General Meade, in an order published to the Army, said: 
" The skill and promptitude of Major-General Warren 
and the gallantry and bearing of the officers and soldiers 
of the Second Corps are entitled to high commendation." 

General Warren's next conspicuous service was in the 
Mine Run movement of November, 1863. On the 29th, 
with his own Corps and a division of the Sixth, he 
reached a position on the extreme right of the enemy, 
which, after careful examination, he reported favorable for 
assault. General Meade ordered a combined attack, to 
begin by an assault by Warren's command (reinforced 
during the night by two divisions of the Third Corps) 
at 8 o'clock on the following morning. At daylight Gen- 
eral Warren discerned that the opportunity had passed; 
for during the night reinforcements had arrived and had 
so strongly entrenched the position as in his belief to 



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render its capture hopeless. He had the moral courage 
to assume the responsibility of suspending the movement ; 
and General Meade, after an immediate personal inspec- 
tion, confirming his judgment, the useless effusion of blood 
was spared. This action of a young General in tempo- 
rary command of a Corps, displaying a willingness to sac- 
rifice his own future prospects rather than squander the 
lives of his soldiers, illustrates the character of the man. 

At the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac into 
three Corps for the Richmond campaign, General Warren 
was assigned by the President (March 24, 1864) to the 
permanent command of the Fifth Corps. Space is lacking 
to trace his personal career during the year in which he 
held this high command. It will find a place in every 
true history of the war. Suffice it to say that he played a 
conspicuous and honorable part in the battles of the Wil- 
derness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Bethesda Church, Cold 
Harbor, and especially in the numerous battles around 
Petersburg. Everything that ability and skill, and personal 
gallantry and devotion to the cause could do, Warren 
did ; and he received the highest reward of a successful 
General — the confidence, the love and the support of his 
soldiers. This latter is no vague statement ; but is based 
upon the personal knowledge of the writer at the time, 
confirmed by many letters from officers of distinction now 
on file. Indeed the wildly enthusiastic greeting of the 
whole Fifth Corps, on its return through Petersburg, 
establishes its truth beyond cavil. 

We come now to the battle of Five Forks. The oper- 
ations which culminated in this decisive action are fully 
established by sworn testimony before the Court of In- 
quiry which General Warren, after nearly fifteen years of 



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persistent effort, succeeded in obtaining from the Presi- 
dent. Space permits a brief summary only ot the more 
salient points; but history cannot now fail to do him 

ample justice. 

At sunset of March 3^ the Fifth Corps occupied the 
extreme left of the Union position; and General Sheri- 
dan's cavalry was at Dinwiddie Court House-distant 
about five miles to the left and rear. Both had been 
severely attacked during the day, and the latter was still 
confronted by infantry and cavalry. At 8:40 P. M. Gen- 
eral Warren himself suggested that he be allowed to 
move in force against the rear of the enemy operating 
against General Sheridan. On his own responsibility, as 
early as 5 P. M., he had dispatched a strong brigade with 
orders to attack that force ; and in consequence of this 
movement the Confederates withdrew during the night 
from General Sheridan's front. 

About 7 A. M. of April i, the Fifth Corps and the 
cavalry effected a junction, and under command of Gen- 
eral Sheridan prepared for a combined attack upon the 
enemy-then at Five Forks, a detached position about four 
miles to the westward of the Confederate main intrenched line 
before Petersburg. The country was much wooded. The 
cavalry was early disposed along the enemy's front, the 
Fifth Corps (12,000 men) being left massed at J. Bois- 
seau's until ordered forward about i P. M. About 4 P- M. 
it had advanced about 2^ miles, and formed near Gravelly 
Run Church ready to assault. 

General Sheridan's purpose was to crush and turn the 

Confederate left flank with the Fifth Corps, at the same 

time assaulting their line of battle in front with his cavalry. 

The Fifth Corps advanced as directed by General Sheridan, 



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Ayres' division on the left, Crawford's on the right, 
and Griffin's in reserve. The indicated point of attack 
lay too far to the right. Ayres soon received a sharp 
fire on his left flank from the return which formed the 
extreme left of the Confederate position. He promptly 
changed front, assaulted and finally handsomely carried this 
angle, taking many prisoners. This movement left the 
other divisions advancing in air with only a cavalry force 
to oppose them, and Warren hastened in person to change 
Crawford's direction to the left, having previously sent 
orders to Griffin to move to his left and come in on the 
right of Ayres. The country was rough and wooded, and 
the position of the enemy had been supposed by General 
Sheridan to extend much more to the eastward than was 
actually the case. Hence the primary importance of these 
movements, in order to bring the whole Fifth Corps into 
action. 

In this difficult task Warren was everywhere — first with 
Crawford's division, establishing the new line of advance ; 
then with Griffin, directing him upon the enemy lying along 
the west side of the Sydnor field — whose exact position 
he had just discovered by drawing their fire upon him- 
self ; then to Ayres, finding him in possession of the 
angle with many prisoners ; then back to Crawford, and 
conducting the advance through the woods so as continu- 
ally to outflank the enemy in his attempt to form new 
lines to cover his natural retreat (the Ford Road) and 
to hold the position at the forks. Finally Crawford's divi- 
sion, still accompanied by Warren, and having swept 
everything before it, found itself on the east side of the 
Gilliam field, but somewhat disorganized by the fighting 



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through difficult woods. Confronting it on the west side 
was a new and last line of the enemy slightly intrenched. 

Here a pause occurred, and personal magnetism seemed 
called for to lead on the troops, who for the moment had 
lost their organizations in the confusion. Warren hav- 
ing discharged the more pressing duty of directing the 
whole force of his Corps upon the enemy, now found 
time to yield to his natural impulse. He seized his head- 
quarters' flag, rode into the opening, and calling on the 
color-bearers to advance, led the charge. His horse fell 
dead under him close to the enemy's lines ; an orderly 
by his side was killed; and his own life was probably 
saved by the gallant act of Colonel Richardson, Seventh 
Wisconsin, who sprang between him and the enemy, 
receiving a severe wound. This charge put an end to all 
resistance. Surrounded by his captures and flushed with 
victory, Warren sent back a staff officer to report to 
General Sheridan and ask for further orders. 

These orders came in writing. They relieved him from 
the command of his Corps and ordered him to report to 
General Grant. 

If the bullet which killed his horse had pierced the 
heart of the rider, Warren, like Wolfe dying upon the 
Heights of Abraham, would have gone down in history 
the hero of the battle. This order, more cruel than the 
bullet, doubtless caused his death after seventeen years of 
suffering which intimate friends who understood his sensi- 
tive organization can alone appreciate. It is pitiful that 
one of his last requests was to be laid in the grave 
without the usual military ceremonial, without soldierly 
emblems on his coffin or uniform upon his body. The 
iron had entered his soul. 



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General Grant, on April 3, assigned him to the com- 
mand of the defences of Petersburg and the South Side 
Railroad, and on May 14 he was transferred to the im- 
portant command of the Department of Mississippi ; but 
on May 27, as soon as he felt assured that the fighting 
was over, he resigned his volunteer commission of Major- 
General, and returned to duty as Major in the Corps of 
Engineers. He received several brevets iji the regular army 
for gallant and distinguished services in battle, but with 
such a record as his they need not be named. 

Of his services in the civil branches of his profession 
since the war, I shall here say nothing. They covered 
a wide range of subjects, and would give him prominence 
among eminent engineers in any country. The Corps order 
of General Wright, announcing his death, contains the 
following fitting tribute to these labors : " In scientific in- 
vestigations General Warren had few superiors; and his 
elaborate reports on some of the most important works 
which have been confided to the Corps of Engineers are 
among the most valuable contributions to its literature." 

The lives of few graduates more perfectly illustrate the 
fruits of what we are proud to call West Point culture 
than that of General Warren. Everything with him was 
subordinated to duty, and he put forth his whole strength 
in whatever he had to do. His tastes were cultivated 
and refined, and his reading in both literature and science 
was extensive. A man of warm affections and sympathetic 
nature, he was ever ready to listen to the cry of distress. 
Even after his long experience in war, the misery of the 
wounded and the severe hardships of all his soldiers in 
some of the winter movements south of Petersburg, so 
touched his heart that he wrote to his brother : " I do 



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not feel it much in my own person, but I sympathize so 
much with the suffering around me that it seems at 
times I can hardly endure it." He is now peacefully at 
rest beyond the reach of praise or censure ; but his 
memory is a sacred legacy to West Point and to the 
Army of the Potomac. There is no nobler name ui)on 
either roll. 

{Henry L. Abbot.) 



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